phpMyAdmin login page cross-site scripting
| phpmyadmin-loginpage-xss (38601) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the login page. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the convcharset parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- phpMyAdmin, phpMyAdmin prior to 2.11.2.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of phpMyAdmin (2.11.2.2 or later), available from the phpMyAdmin Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Nth Dimension Security Advisory (NDSA20071119), The phpMyAdmin login page is vulnerable to Javascript injection within the at http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20071119.txt.asc.
- phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2007-8, XSS vulnerability at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2007-8.
- phpMyAdmin Web site, phpMyAdmin at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/.
- BID-26513: phpMyAdmin Login Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6100: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.2.2, when logins are authenticated with the cookie auth_type, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the convcharset parameter to index.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0992.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3943: phpMyAdmin convcharset Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- MDKSA-2007:229: Updated phpMyAdmin packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA27748: phpMyAdmin "convcharset" Cross-Site Scripting
- SUSE-SR:2008:006: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
Nov 20, 2007
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